Border TV region first with digital switch

According to reports in local press (whether true or not is another
question) that the Border TV region are going to be the first to be
switched over fully to DTT in 2007.

Story at http://www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk

Lakeuk wrote:

According to reports in local press (whether true or not is another
question) that the Border TV region are going to be the first to be
switched over fully to DTT in 2007.

Story at http://www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk

It's a typical local news scare story. Because Border area transmitters
don't currently broadcast a digital signal, the claim is that when the
analogue shut-off happens, people will get no signal at all.

Even this gvt isn't daft enough to chop the analogue signal before the
digital service is up an all necessary transmitters, even if some people
will have reception problems.

And the MP making the fuss is a Conservative MP. What a surprise. Mix
technology that many people don't understand with political
point-scoring and you have a recipe for a disaster.

Stuart

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"Lakeuk" wrote in message
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According to reports in local press (whether true or not is another
question) that the Border TV region are going to be the first to be
switched over fully to DTT in 2007.

Story at http://www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk

Sounds to me this MP is trying to frighten people..
The switch off was supposed to start 2010 but I thought from recent news it
was to be later not sooner.
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"Lakeuk" wrote in message
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According to reports in local press (whether true or not is another
question) that the Border TV region are going to be the first to be
switched over fully to DTT in 2007.

Story at http://www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk

Quoting the article: "Digital switchover involves the switch-off of analogue
transmissions and the analogue TV network that has been in place since the
1920s."

Err, no! The UHF network only started in 1964.

And another: "Digital TV was introduced in 1998 and also offers services
such as widescreen and interactive TV, such as the ability to choose from
different camera angles when watching a football match."

Umm, yes? Has this (the football/camera angle thingy) ever happened on DTT?

"Jethro Q Walrustitty" wrote in message
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Err, no! The UHF network only started in 1964.


UHF was preceededby by VHF.
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"Jethro Q Walrustitty" wrote

Quoting the article: "Digital switchover involves the switch-off of
analogue
transmissions and the analogue TV network that has been in place since the
1920s."

Err, no! The UHF network only started in 1964.

And where does the original article restrict the scope of the "analogue TV
network" to being the later UHF era? I believe analogue TV started with MW!

John Howells

Stuart Bell wrote:
Lakeuk wrote:


According to reports in local press (whether true or not is another
question) that the Border TV region are going to be the first to be
switched over fully to DTT in 2007.

Story at http://www.thisisthelakedistrict.co.uk


It's a typical local news scare story. Because Border area transmitters
don't currently broadcast a digital signal, the claim is that when the
analogue shut-off happens, people will get no signal at all.

Caldbeck (the main Border transmitter) is digital. I don't know what
people in the south lakes are complaining about - most of them can't get
Border anyway and have to tune into Granada instead. Personally
speaking, as far as I'm concerned DTT can't come soon enough to Keswick.

Even this gvt isn't daft enough to chop the analogue signal before the
digital service is up an all necessary transmitters, even if some people
will have reception problems.

And the MP making the fuss is a Conservative MP. What a surprise. Mix
technology that many people don't understand with political
point-scoring and you have a recipe for a disaster.

Stuart

Stuart

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:29:57 GMT, "David"
wrote:


"Jethro Q Walrustitty" wrote in message
...


Err, no! The UHF network only started in 1964.


UHF was preceededby by VHF.

Which was in turn preceded by test transmissions of the Baird and
Marconi-EMI systems from Alexandra Palace only, which commenced in
1936. So the previous poster is quite correct in disputing the claim
that the analague TV network has been in place since the 1920s.

Scott

"Scott" wrote

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:29:57 GMT, "David"
wrote:


"Jethro Q Walrustitty" wrote in message
...


Err, no! The UHF network only started in 1964.


UHF was preceededby by VHF.

Which was in turn preceded by test transmissions of the Baird and
Marconi-EMI systems from Alexandra Palace only, which commenced in
1936. So the previous poster is quite correct in disputing the claim
that the analague TV network has been in place since the 1920s.

Which was in turn preceded by Baird's regular TV broadcasts, albeit 30 line
on MW, in 1929. The article does not constrain the analogue network to be
the "high-definition" network that started experimentally in 1936.

John Howells

Caldbeck (the main Border transmitter) is digital. I don't know what
people in the south lakes are complaining about - most of them can't
get Border anyway and have to tune into Granada instead. Personally
speaking, as far as I'm concerned DTT can't come soon enough to Keswick.

.



Dont forget the *other* main Border transmitter - Selkirk!
Bloody useless location - must be the only main transmitter on the
network which doesnt actually cover any of the main towns in the service
area - doesnt even cover Selkirk properly...

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